Even though I’ve lived in Tennessee most of my life, I always feel like an outsider when East Tennesseans casually chat about all the nuclear waste they’ve seen, touched and interacted with their entire lives. I don’t believe there is a single family in East Tennessee who hasn’t been up close and personal with cancer. […]
Tommy is in a snit over History class, a subject he absolutely loves which is being taught by a coach who is turning out to be a nightmare of an excuse for a teacher. If we could afford a lawyer we would have filed charges against Tommy’s bus driver for all the things she has […]
Doug has taken to telling people that Evan is two. I still give Evan’s age in months. Maybe this is a mom thing. I don’t list Amy’s age in months, but I also don’t tell people that my child is 11 before they’ve had their 11th birthday. Stop rushing things already! Let my baby be […]
My arm hurts.
“arsenic hour” – The period of time before bed when over-tired and overstimulated children fall apart into weepy, screaming masses of inconsolable and illogical disasters. The tricky part is timing dinner and bath so that they come before the arsenic hour. So far this evening, we’ve had tears because: Evan didn’t want to come inside […]
Doug ran away to join the circus today.
At a wise reader’s suggestion, I gave Tommy a box of drinking straws to chew on for his sensory issues. There was a time when Tommy wore a weighted vest over his extra-soft clothing with all the labels removed. He carried a bag of fidget toys with him at all times and I kept extras […]
Reasons why I should go to BlogHer this July 27-28: 1. I can drive the 450 miles north to Chicago. I suppose I could drive to Memphis and take Amtrak, but then I’d feel guilty that the children weren’t getting a train ride. 2. I was born in Chicago. The last time I was in […]
Heroes – Even though there was oodles of foreshadowing and I said out loud “he’ll have her killed for that,” I was still surprised by who died. Don’t cry over spilled milk – funny. Do I get extra geek points for identifying the bus driver before Doug? Boston Legal – You went too far Alan. […]